Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die. Treasury of Scripture his wife. Genesis 3:6,12 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise... 1 Kings 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods... retain. Job 2:3 And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man... Job 21:14,15 Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways... 2 Kings 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD... Malachi 3:14 You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance... curse God. Job 2:5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. Job 1:11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.
Context Job Loses his Health
1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. 2And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause. 4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. 5But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. 6And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life. 7So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown. 8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes. 9Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die. 10But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.
Darby Bible Translation
And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.
King James Bible
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Young's Literal Translation
And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'
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